Garment.



G. W. PEASE.

GARNIENT.

APPLICATION FILEDAPRA. 191s.

1,301 1 64, Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

GEORGE w. PEASE, or rr'rifsrIELn, MASSACHUSETTS.

GARMENT.

I specificati@ of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

Application mea April 5, 191s. serial No. 226,810. v

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it lmown that I, GEORGE W. PEAsE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pittsfield, county of Berkshire, and State "of Massachusetts, haveV invented a certain new and useful Garment, of which the fol- `lowing is a specification.:

` garments such as overalls, pajamas or the like, and has for its object to produce such'a garment'which will give or yield in response to movements of the body of the wearer withoutunduly straining the gar- A further object is to produce a union garment wherein relative movement of the i upper ,and netherfportions is permitted' and will be excluded from within the garment.

These and further objects will more fully appear in 'the following specication and claims-and in the accompanying drawings I' considered together or separately.

I have illustrated one embodiment of my invention in the accompanying drawingsin which like parts in all of the several figures f are designated by similar reference characters, and in which- Figure l is a back view of a garment embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an elevation, on an enlarged scale,

of the invention, viewed from the inside of the garment.- 1

Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig.

the parts in vertically extended position.

p Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 2 of a modification.

' of the same generalftype as that shown in a patent issued to me on February 5, 1918, and

numbered 1,255,333, which is provided with an opening down the front from the collar to the crotch to permit donning and removal of thegarment.

In carrying out my invention I provide a garment comprising a body or upper. portion 1 and a trousers er nether portlon 2 secured together at the front and back. Thev v1 for its entire length. The waistband is also attached to the trousers portion 2 except for a short distance at the backthus p producinga short slit 4.

My invention relates to one piece or union v vof which the garment is composedv isse- A member 5 of a material similar to that cured to the inside of the back of the body The ofthe slit. The upper part of the member is folded on itself to form a plait or bellows 7, and the top `edge of the member is secured to the bac'k of the body 1 by stitching 8. to provide means whereby dust and dirt' the trousers 2 or it may be a separate piece of material sewedy to that portion of the trousers `which is not attached to the body portion.

Theabov'e mentioned construction produces a pocket formed by the member 5 which is open at theyA lower side land accessibleA from the outside of the back of the garment at approximately the waist line. The pocket has a bellows bottom which will permit of downward movement of that part of the trousers portion of the garment which is unattached to the body portion.

When worn and the wearer is in an upp l right position the garment will be in the polFig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 ofv sition shown in Figs. 1, 2, `3 and 4. The bellows 7 willA be stretched across the back in 'approximately ahorizontal line. When the wearer bends over or assumes a sittingposi- Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing tion that portion of the trousers portion which is unattached vat the waist line will Fig. 6 is a section ony the line 6-6 of4 be pulled downward relatively to the body portion and the bellows will be extended as shown in'Figs. 5 and 6. This relativefmovementof the trousers portion will naturally draw the seams 6, 6 at the sides of the member 5 toward the center of the back Aand will fold the back moreor less at the seam 8. When the wearer resumes the upright position the back of "the garment will be stretched to straighten out the fold in the back, the seams 6, 6 wil be drawn outward to their normal positions thus pulling the bellows to the horizontal line.

The member 5 will cover the slit 4 irrespeetive of the position of the body of the wearer and the extent-tc which the slit-may be opened, will prevent exposure of the close the slit against the entrance of dirt and dust.

I may, if desired, attach an elastic suspender 9 to the back of the garment in the vertical center thereof and at a point above the member 5. The lower end of the suspender, when used, is attached to the member 5 above the slit. The suspender will positively return the parts to their normal position after they have been distorted by the movements of the wearer.

It will be understood that instead of makingthe coat and trousers separate and' securing them together except for a short distance at the back the body and trousers may be made of a single piece of material, in which event the member 5 or 5a must be a separate piece sewed on below the slit.

The garment will have the appearance of one in which the body and trousers are secured together for the length of the waistband. The back will always present a smooth appearance. There will be no bunches, wrinkles or folds on the outside of the garment to catch in moving machinery.`

The clothing under the garment will never be exposed, dirt cannot work into the garment to cause injury to the clothing and the garment will have suiiicient flexibility to permit it to adjust itself to the body of the wearer and to prevent tearing or ripping caused by movements of the wearer.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes I have described the principle of my invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative, and that the inventionmay be carried out in other ways.

I-Iaving now described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

l. A union garment comprising a body portion and a trousers portion permanently secured together at the back and front, there being a portion'of the back of the garment at approximately the waist line where the body portion is not attached to the trousers portion, and a member forming part of the trousers portion and extending above the free edge of the body portion, said member being inside vof the garment and being attached to the body portion at the upper extremity of the member, said member being provided with a fold or plait above the free edge of the body portion, whereby a portion of said member may be moved relatively to the body portion in the direction longitudinally of the garment.

2. A union garment comprising a body portion and a trousers portion permanently secured together at the back andfront,

there being a portion of the back of the garment at approximately the waist line where the body portion is not attached to the trousers portion, andfa member forming part of the trousers portion and extending above the free edge of the body portion, said member being inside of the garment and being stitched to the body portion along the upperv and side edges of the member, said member being provided with a fold or plait above the free edge` of the body portion, whereby a portion of said member maybe moved relatively to the body portion in the direction longitudinally of the garment, said fold or plait being located substantially parallel to the free edge of the body portion.

3. A union garment comprising a body portion and a` trousers portion permanently united at the back and front, there being a portion of the back of the garment which is unattached, thereby forming a substantially horizontal slit in the back of the garment, and a member attached to the garment at the lower side of the slit, said member being attached to the garment above the slit, there being a plait or fold in the member to permit relative movement of those portions of the garment above and below the slit, the said plait or fold being wholly within the garment.

4:. A union garment comprising a body portion and a trousers portion permanently united at the back and front, there being a portion of theback of the garment which is unattached, thereby forming a substantially horizontal slit in the back of the garment, and a memberattached to the garment at the lower side of the slit, said member being attached to the garment at a considerable distance above the slit, the'member being folded downward and then upward to form a plait or fold in the member to permit relative movement of those portions of the garment above and below the slit, the attaching portion and a trousers portion permanently secured together at the front and back, a part of the body portion being unattached to the trousers portion thereby forming a slit of less length than the back of the garment at approximately the waist line, a member carried by the trousers portion, said member extending upward inside of the back of the garment and masking the slit, the upper end of the member being folded downward and then upward to form a fold or plait with the upper edge ofthe member extending above the fold or plait, the upper edge of the member being stitched to the inside of the body portion at aconsiderable distance above the slit, and substantially ber, including the edges of the folded por- This specification signed and witnessed tions, being stitched to the body .portion this third day of April, 1918. from the level of the slit to the upper edge of the member, the fold or plait being above GEORGE W' PEASE 5 the slit, and an elastic element attaohedto Witnesses:

the member below the fold or plait and to J. F. COLEMAN,

the body portion above the member. A. E. BENTON.

copies of this patent may be obtained for-ive oen'ts each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Potente. Wllhington,.D. 0. 

